Los Planetas

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Los Planetas
Los Planetas at the Sonorama Festival in Aranda de Duero, 2007
Los Planetas at the Sonorama -Festival in Aranda de Duero , 2007
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock , shoegaze , noise pop , alternative rock
founding 1993
Website http://www.losplanetas.es/
Current occupation
Juan Ramón Rodríguez Cervilla (J)
Florentino Muñoz Lozano (Florent)
Ernesto Jiménez Linares (Eric)
Esteban Fraile Maldonado (Banin)
Julián Méndez (Julián)
former members
May Oliver
Miguel Lopez

Los Planetas (Spanish for The Planets) are an indie pop band from Spain . Its members today are J or Jota (actually Juan Rodríguez; guitar, vocals etc.), Florent (guitar etc.), Banin (guitar, keyboard etc.), Julián (bass) and Eric Jiménez (drums etc.). Past members are Paco Rodríguez, May Oliver, Raúl Santos Miguel López and Kieran Stephen.

history

Los Planetas originated in Granada in the early 1990s under the name Los Subterráneos (The Underground). In 1992 they won under their current name with “Mi hermana pequeña” ( My little sister ) a radio competition of the state popular music and culture channel Radio 3 . The song was released in 1993 on the EP Medusa of the small and recently founded label Elefant Records.

Her style, which is often attributed to the Shoegazing (or Noise Pop ) direction that originated in Great Britain , has influences from the British bands Mercury Rev (early phase), Spacemen 3 and Joy Division , but is also reflected in traditional Andalusian music such as flamenco inspired. It was news in Spain in connection with Spanish language texts. With the albums Super 8 (1994) and Pop (1996), Los Planetas gained a growing fan base of identity-seeking youths, which made them a benchmark in the Spanish indie scene . During this time, the band also suffered from differences over the musical direction, which led to the separation of two of the four founding members, Paco Rodríguez and May Oliver.

The album "Unidad de Desplazamiento" marked the breakthrough to general awareness in Spain, the single "Santos que yo te pinté" was often seen on MTV España and other music channels.

Another very well-known and characteristic song of the Planetas is “Un Buen Día” (in Unidad de Desplazamiento ). It describes a perfect day that is enjoyed unplanned with getting up late, drinking coffee and reading comics. After an afternoon nap until 6 p.m., a number of beers are consumed with friends in the pubs from 10 p.m. He won't be home until 6 a.m. He only thought of a person who is addressed in the song with "you" occasionally - like a flash of inspiration.

"Desorden" on Super 8 pays homage to Ian Curtis , the singer of Joy Division , the title a reference to their song Disorder . The album La leyenda del espacio (English: The Legend of Space ), released in 2007, contains in the title a homage to the album La leyenda del tiempo (English: The Legend of Time ), by the 1979 flamenco singer Camarón , who first played flamenco, Combined jazz and rock.

Los Planetas are currently under contract with BMG Music Spain.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1998 Una semana en the motor de un autobus IT11 (3 weeks)
IT
Chart entry in ES only in 2013
2007 La leyenda del espacio IT8 (9 weeks)
IT
2010 Una opera Egipcia IT2 (15 weeks)
IT
2017 Zona temporalmente autónoma IT2 (34 weeks)
IT
2019 Fuerza nueva IT2 (10 weeks)
IT
Fuerza Nueva feat. Los Planetas & Niño de Elche

More studio albums

  • Super 8 (1994)
  • POP (1996)
  • Una semana en el motor de un autobús (1998)
  • Unidad de Desplazamiento (2000)
  • Encuentros con Entidades (2002)
  • Los Planetas contra la ley de la gravedad (2004)

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2005 Singles 1993-2004 IT74 (2 weeks)
IT
2009 Principios básicos de astronomía IT7 (12 weeks)
IT

More compilations

  • Canciones para una orquesta química (double CD with single releases from previous albums, 1999)

EPs

  • Medusa (1993)
  • Nuevas sensaciones (1995)
  • ¡Dios exist! El rollo mesiánico de Los Planetas (1999)
  • Los Planetas se disuelven (2003)
  • Cuatro palos (2009)
  • Dobles Fatigas (2015)
  • Spotify Live (2018)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1999 Dios exist
 IT7 (5 weeks)
IT
2000 Vas a avoid por la tele
Unidad de desplazamiento 		IT2 (8 weeks)
IT
Un buen día
Unidad de desplazamiento 		IT3 (5 weeks)
IT
2001 Santos que yo te pinte
Unidad de desplazamiento 		IT5 (3 weeks)
IT
Maniobra de evasion
Unidad de desplazamiento 		IT13 (2 weeks)
IT
2002 Corrientes circulares en el tiempo
Encuentros con entidades 		IT3 (12 weeks)
IT
Pesadilla en el parque de atracciones
Encuentros con entidades 		IT3 (6 weeks)
IT
El espiritu de la navidad
Encuentros con entidades 		IT7 (6 weeks)
IT
2003 El artista madridista
Encuentros con entidades 		IT5 (8 weeks)
IT
2004 Y además es imposible
Los Planetas contra la ley de la gravedad 		IT1 (12 weeks)
IT
No ardieras
Los Planetas contra la ley de la gravedad 		IT4 (6 weeks)
IT
2007 Alegrías del incendio
La leyenda del espacio 		IT1 (5 weeks)
IT
2009 Cuatro palos
 IT35 (2 weeks)
IT
2017 Espíritu olímpico
Zona temporalmente autónoma 		IT85 (1 week)
IT

Web links

The contents of the following web links are in Spanish.

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  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: ES